Alabama's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Motor fuel taxes$972 million
• Public utility taxes$773 million
• Other selective sales taxes$705 million
• Insurance premium taxes$613 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$284 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$230 million
• Corporation licenses$219 million
• Tobacco taxes$132 million
• Occupation and business licenses$71.1 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$54.7 million
• Driver's licenses$47.9 million
• Severance taxes$38.3 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$25.4 million
• Public utility licenses$14.7 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$4.6 million
• Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$4.46 billion
• College tuition$2.37 billion
• University housing and dining$680 million
• Liquor stores$530 million
• Ports and waterways$197 million
• Other service charges$141 million
• Parks and recreation$59.2 million
• Housing$46.4 million
• Other education charges$29.7 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$10.9 million
• Garbage collection$9.0 million
• Road charges$1.1 million
• Parking$580 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Sent to school districts$8.98 billion
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$1.00 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$847 million
• Sent to local governments: general support$476 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$310 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$210 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$206 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$190 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$173 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$131 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$50.8 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$44.0 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$37.4 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$28.9 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$12.9 million
• Sent to local governments: police$10.7 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$8.0 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$3.2 million
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$2.7 million

• Colleges and universities$7.33 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.13 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$964 million
• Other education$577 million

• Other public welfare$9.66 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$118 million
• Welfare institutions$81.3 million
• Veterans' services$12.8 million

• Hospitals$4.64 billion
• Public health$570 million

• Roads and highways$1.97 billion
• Ports and harbors$207 million
• Airports$813 thousand

• Prisons and jails$808 million
• Courts and legal services$361 million
• Police$240 million
• Inspections and regulation$142 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$104 million

• Other and not broken out$723 million
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$599 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$144 million
• Other government administration$87.8 million
• Government buildings$7.7 million

• Liquor stores$657 million
• Water supply$95 thousand

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$266 million

• Parks and recreation$79.9 million
• Libraries$9.3 million